Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

G. O. PRISBIE. HORSE DETAGHER.

No. 407,191. Patented July 16, 1889.

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GEORGE O. FRISBIE, OF CEASES MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 407,191, dated July 16,1889. Application filed February 26, 1889. Serial No. 301,214. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEoReE C. FRIsBIE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ceases Mills, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinThill-Couplings, of which the following isa specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My improvement in chill-couplings and devices for detaching horses fromvehicles consists in the peculiar construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully shown anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Figs. 3 and I are detailedviews thereof.

In'constructing my thill-coupling I belt or otherwise secure to thefront vehicle-axle A the U-shaped clips a 0, having the apcrtured cars aa, the two sliding rods or armsB B bein g projected through and guidedby the apertures in said clips o a, and these arms having each securedto them nuts or collars O to limit the movement thereof. The inner endsof these rods or arms 15 are pivot-ally connected to a lever I),fulcrumed on a nutted bolt E, which bolt may, when preferable, be formedintegral with plate 6, which plate is rigidly secured to axle A. Saidrods or arms '3 are pivoted at equal distances from the fulcrum of leverl), and said lever is held steadfast and secure in position by elasticclutch or holder I against accidental removal or dislocation, and whenthus held the ends of rods or arms 13 are projected through the ears ofclips a, which represent ordinary clips or draw-irons, and thus thethill-irons are securely coupled to said clips.

In uncoupling or detaching the thills the elastic holder 1 is retractedand lever D lowered and swung out therefrom.

Holder I as shown in Fig. 3, consists of the apertured right-angular armc, secured to axle A by nutted clip f, upon which it is fitted, asshown, its inner end being provided with a recess 9, formed in part byflange h and lip 11, which securely hold it steadfast until such time asit may be desired to detach the thills, when its spring-arm 6 may bereadily retracted and the lever swung out, as aforesaid.

Thus constructed, I embody in one and the same device an inexpensive andvaluable thillcoupling and horse-detacher.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, with thelever for actuating the thill-coupling, of the spring-holder consistingof the spring metal plate 6 having one aperturedright-angular arm 6'clipped to the front axle, the outer free end of said plate having therecess g, formed in part by the flange h at its upper end and the lip iat its lower end, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof IaffiXmysignat-ure in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. FRISBIE. lVitnesses:

s'rEwARD SwINeLE, MINER Wv I'Iou'rz.

